tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99158922011-08-02T02:01:34.588+02:00Perspectives on War, Life, Travel, Politics, and other salient topics.TBonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250564891270502018noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915892.post-54100806293525850062010-06-06T13:02:00.002+02:002010-06-06T13:18:43.544+02:00

Obama promised "change" and "hope", and the end to business as usual in Washington D.C. but it looks like all of that was just empty campaign promises. His administration is involved in all kinds of sketchy "Chicago-style" tomfoolery - supporting groups like ACORN who put club-wielding thugs outside of polling areas, and trying to rig elections by offering jobs to candidates so they will get

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I'm think I will start writing again, however I'm sick to death of politics and war. I am living in Europe with my wife and am finally enjoying life again. We've traveled all over the place and have had some really good times, so I think I want to tell you folks about that. Stop by here once in a while and see what's going on.

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Sometimes people just need a good country ass whoopin'.

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Hello Everyone, Last Wednesday night I drove three hours away with my son to the city where the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) is located. I reserved a nice hotel room for us, so he wouldn't have to stay with all the other applicants in the MEPS hotel on his last night as a civilian. We went out to dinner and had a steak. I bought a couple of beers for the hotel room, since he isn't

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by CSM Don Purdy ( USA Ret)(CSM Prudy was a 1994 inductee in the Ranger Hall of Fame http://www.trrausa.com/dhmor_inductees.htm )1) Some senior NCOs are nothing more than bootlickers, who sing the "Army of One" song to their superior officers everyday. Commanders need to hear the good, bad and the ugly, and then be given good solid recommendations. They need their senior NCOs to be TRAINERS. LEAD

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My son just went to the MEPS station and signed up to join the Army. He got an Airborne bonus and is on his way to bootcamp this summer. He is going to go to RIP when he finishes jump school at Benning; and if he passes, he will get the hook-up from one of my buddies and go to 1/75th.Ranger CreedRecognizing that I volunteered as a Ranger, fully knowing the hazards of my chosen profession, I will

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Although I'm retiring from the Army, I still consider myself a Marine at heart. I only spent eight years in the Corps, but those years had a great influence on me. Marines are a different breed, and if I may be so bold, are better warriors than most."Uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said of the MarinesWhy? I'll tell you: Discipline, tradition, and esprit de

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In March of 1984, I entered the Marine Corps on active duty at Parris Island, South Carolina. It's hard to believe that 22 years have passed. Damn.Sitting here today, I'm not sure exactly what made me decide to join the Marine Corps. I just turned 18 and wasn't interested in going to college. I was working at a truck stop on the midnight shift, and didn't see much of a future in making that a

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I just got back from an awesome trip to Spain. The first two nights we stayed in Barcelona at a luxury 5-star hotel called the "Gran Hotel La Florida". Since it was our wedding anniversary (the first one we have spent together in four years) I decided to splurge and pay the cash; but got a great deal on a site called Venere.com. It was a fantastic place. We had the terry-cloth robes, slippers in

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...9 out of 10 soldiers in Iraq prefer a full-body massage to a sharp stick in the eye.I hate polls because they are so skewed. I just read a new ABC/WaPo poll that says lots of people in the US think a "civil war" in Iraq is "inevitable". My question is: what the hell does "Joe 6-pack" know about the political situation in Iraq? No, really? Did those poll respondents decide a civil war was

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Sudan has a large Muslim population. Bin Laden used Sudan as a base of operations once upon a time back when President Clinton was in office. The government of Sudan tried to turn Osama over to the US, but Clinton refused to take him out of fear that his constituency would chastise him for "illegally" taking custody of a terrorist.Sudan is known to have some radical mosque sheiks, who preach

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Islamic terrorist activity is not a new phenomenon. I think some people believe that our involvement in Iraq has suddenly awakened the sleeping giant. That is certainly not the case. Islamic terrorists have been doing this for a long time, with little or no effort conducted by our government to stop them. It wasn't until after 9/11 that the government finally figured out that we need to do

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...jihad is here. The New York Times reported:"Three Ohioans were charged in federal courts on Tuesday with conspiring to kill American forces in Iraq as part of an Islamic holy war against the United States." [emphasis mine]Ohioans? I guess they can technically call them "Ohioans" because they live in Ohio, but I suppose by that rationale I could be called an Iraqi because I lived in Iraq. In

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Prominent religious scholar Sheik Elmo Hamid issued a strong advisement today to all his followers, asking them to have an "international day of anger" against Denmark. They seem to be listening.An angry mob gathered outside the Danish Embassy in London in protest over cartoons depicting the Prophet in an improper way. Protesters carried signs with disturbing messages such as "Be prepared for the

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The radical Islamists are raising hell over some recently published Danish cartoons. Apparently our Muslim brothers want to strike back at Denmark by calling for a boycott on Danish products. We can't let this kind of thing stand, so I am calling on all of you to do your part and buy Danish Products.David's Medienkritik has some ideas for you over at his site if you want to know what to buy.

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In the Wall Street Journal Editorial Page on 30 January, Debra Burlingame writes a must-read piece called, Our Right to Security - Al Qaeda, not the FBI, is the greater threat to America. She has something to say....NBC News aired an "exclusive" story in 2004 that dramatically recounted how al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar, the San Diego terrorists who would later hijack American Airlines flight 77 and

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Recently, I have been discussing "cultural sensitivity" - I prefer the term "cultural awareness" - with my colleagues. I covered the topic earlier concerning the British Brigadier who said of our military that, "at times their cultural insensitivity, almost certainly inadvertent, arguably amounted to institutional racism".I don't believe we are racist towards the Iraqis or Arabs, but rather many

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The controversy surrounding the National Security Agency (NSA) is completely unfounded in light of the facts. The NSA is not, I say again, NOT violating any laws in doing what they are doing. I speak from a certain amount of knowledge and experience when I say that Executive Order 12333 (Intelligence Oversight) and the United States Signals Intelligence Directives (USSIDs govern Signals

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...is all about Islam. Iranians are overwhelmingly Shia Muslims. There is a difference between Shia and Sunni Muslims, and I would recommend you spend a few minutes to research their differences. When it comes to terrorism, and the hate of Jews, both Shia and Sunni agree; but Al-Qaeda style, Sunni (Salafist) muslims consider Shiites apostate, or sinners. They will always ask an unknown person

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The Washington Times reports that:Several Chinese companies involved in selling missile goods and chemical-arms materials to Iran have been hit with U.S. sanctions, Bush administration officials said yesterday. The sanctions cover six Chinese government-run companies, two Indian firms and one Austrian company, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity.[...]The sanctions were

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This kind of scenario is not a joke; it is a real possibility. It raises the question, "What should our [US] response be?"This article and this report in the German press put me on edge.German intelligence believes Iran has now bought 18 longer-range missiles from North Korea, giving Teheran the capability to attack targets in central Europe, the German daily newspaper Bild reported Friday. The

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I just finished a book last night called Generation Kill by Evan Wright, and I would like to recommend it to all of you.GENERATION KILL: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Faces of American War is Wright's account of being the only reporter to travel with the USMC's elite First Recon Battalion as they spearheaded the Iraqi invasion. For weeks he lived on the front lines with 23 young

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In an attempt to paint the current administration as duplicitous and hypocritical, some on the left have made issue with the use of commercial airliners to transport the fallen. To the point where some are accusing President Bush of treating them like "freight".The administration does not dictate or micromanage to the Department of Defense in their policies for transporting the dead, therefore

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I consider myself a pretty understanding person. I listen to other's points of view because I know I might learn something. But I'm also able to distinguish right from wrong...and cartoonist/columnist Ted Rall is WRONG!His cartoons are shitfilled piles of wrongful lies and distortions. They are posted here in hopes that you will be as disgusted as I am, and boycott the periodicals that print his

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...has gone to sea for the last time.Retired Master Chief Fire Controlman Zane James Hamm Jr. passed away Nov. 25, 2005, after an illness. Born in Enid, Okla., on Nov. 29, 1928, Zane grew up in Wichita, Kan. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1948. He served in the Korean War, and after a brief break to attend college at Kansas Wesleyan University, Zane then rejoined the Navy in 1961. Zane served eight

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On 5 December, ABC News revealed that they maintain confidential relationships with US traitors and spies. In a news "exclusive", ABC maintains:"Two CIA secret prisons were operating in Eastern Europe until last month when they were shut down following Human Rights Watch reports of their existence in Poland and Romania.Current and former CIA officers speaking to ABC News on the condition of

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...for having the guts to stand up for us. And thanks also goes to Michael Yon for being the reason Mr. Willis feels the way he feels.According to the Times Online from the U.K.,Bruce Willis comes out fighting for Iraq’s forgotten GI heroesAngered by negative portrayals of the conflict in Iraq, Bruce Willis, the Hollywood star, is to make a pro-war film in which American soldiers will be

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My comrade Todd wrote to tell me: One of our Warriors has fallen, KIA in Iraq, Master Sergeant Tony Yost, U.S. Army Special Forces, Green Beret, Apache Native American, Sniper and friend to many. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and his people....Tony, You will not be forgotten. May you find your happy hunting grounds. Go in Peace my Brother.I checked the DoD sight to make sure his

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...sucks according to Froggy (Matt) at Froggy Ruminations. He reviewed the movie for Hugh Hewitt, and this is what he had to say:The story of Anthony Swofford's war service in the Marine Corps during the first Gulf War, it is a first person account of what it is like to be a $hitbird in the Corps. While it is always very easy for veterans to nitpick war films to death for every minute technical

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...can be made between the terrorist-insurgents and our U.S. fighting forces. Just look at the photo on the right to see what I'm talking about. There you have four monkeys waging Jihad against American forces in Fallujah. The photo shows a terrorist crew-served machinegun team and a mortar team. The first time I saw this photo I thought the dude on the right was doing the MC Hammer-dance. Its

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The Marine Corps isn't in the business of apologies. They are in the business of killing bad guys and breaking things. So when I first saw that retired Marine Lieutenant General Chuck Pitman wrote an "apology" about our war against the terrorists, I was naturally concerned.I might be a little behind the power curve on this one, but it is pretty damned amusing and exactly what I would expect from

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LTC Tom Wren died in Iraq on November 5th, 2005. Tom was my good friend. The messed up part about it was he died in a damn vehicle accident.ONE U.S. SERVICEMAN KILLED, THREE INJURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TALLIL, Iraq– One U.S. service member was killed and three others were injured in a non-combat related vehicle accident near Tallil, Iraq at approximately 1:49 p.m. Nov 5. The three injured

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My buddy Saddam and me near the "Green Zone", Baghdad.Saddam loved Saddam. He had statues and pictures of himself everywhere. No one could say Saddam was a bad man without facing extreme punishment, torture, or death. I met a man who casually suggested that "Saddam's chair has wobbly legs" when a friend asked him what he thought Iraq's future would be like. That man was sent to prison for two

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There are some who say the US is to blame for the current insurgency and terrorist activity in Iraq. They say the terrorists suddenly showed up in response to our "aggression". Those assertions are blatantly false. To those who blame U.S. intervention in Iraq for the terrorist violence, I would like to point out a group of Islamic terrorists who were terrorizing Iraq well before the war: they are

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Bert Discharged from Special Forces Amidst Abuse AllegationsTBone - Fort Bragg, NCHe initially joined to do the mission and to serve his nation, but today Bert is no longer welcomed in the Army. The actor was forced to leave the Army after allegations of detainee abuse in Iraq. Bert hired a team of lawyers to rebut what he says are "bogus claims" and intends to try to restore his good reputation.

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Famous Hollywood Actor is First to Join Special Forces by TBoneMosul, IraqIn an amazing show of solidarity for deployed American forces in Iraq, Bert the puppet deployed to the Middle East as part of the Joint Special Operations Task Force there.Bert asked for no special favors as he completed Airborne training, Special Forces Assessment and Selection, and then the Special Forces Qualification

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HISTORY TESTPlease pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice test. The events are actual Events from history. They actually happened!Do you remember?1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:a. Supermanb. Jay Lenoc. Harry Potterd. a Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 402. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:a. Olga

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...kick ass, so can you. This supposedly comes from Shakespeare's Henry V, Act IV, Scene III. I suspect he stole it from some Marine Corps General, but I'm not sure."Whoever does not have the stomach for this fight, let him depart. Give him money to speed his departure, since we wish not to die in that man's company. Whoever lives past today and comes home safely, will rouse himself every year

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Ben Stein's Last Column...I like the show "Win Ben Stein's Money" and am impressed with his political commentary.For many years Ben Stein has written a biweekly column called "Monday Night At Morton's." (Morton's is a famous chain of Steakhouses known to be frequented by movie stars and famous people from around the globe.) Now, Ben is terminating the column to move on to other things in his life

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I know I am a little late on this one, but I saw it and had to give some praise. This soldier and all her teammates put on a rock-solid showing against a larger hostile force.Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester became the first woman since World War II to win the Silver Star medal for valor in combat. According to the WaPo (June 17, 2005 Pg. 21) article "Soldier Earns Silver Star For Her Role In Defeating

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US Army Master Sergeant Richard L. Ferguson, who died one year ago today in Samarra, Iraq. "Ferg" was a true warrior and loving family man. He was a teammate and friend. He is missed.I ask everyone to take a moment to pray for the men and women who are fighting the good fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pray for the families of the fallen. Continue to support your men and women in uniform. United,

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I read an article at Black Five about the Kentucky MPs putting the hurt to insurgent scumbags. MediaLies has a link to that page on his post so I won't go into the engagement specifically, but instead about some comments to Black Five's post about the reasons why the engagement was such a tactical success.It all comes down to tactics, training, equipment, and discipline under fire. The MPs had

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Most problems in the military are a result of the individual service's failure to instill discipline in its members from the beginning. Turning a young person into a professional soldier is no easy task; it is made more difficult if the applicant isn't properly motivated from the very beginning. The process of cultivating the "warrior" spirit requires dedication on the part of the

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Recently there have been a spate of incidents reported by the press concerning supposed sexual abuse and sexual misconduct by our Armed Forces. An old Gunnery Sergeant I once had told me not to complain about a problem unless I was prepared to find a solution to it. So that is what I want to do. I ask you to assist me.In response to a comment I received on my post "Sex Assaults on Military

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Imagine that?Douglas Jehl, writing for the New York Times, published an article entitled U.S. Aides Cite Worry on Qaeda Infiltration From Mexico (16 Feb 05). The report includes Porter Goss' (CIA Director) testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Goss says,"It may only be a matter of time before Al Qaeda or another group attempts to use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear

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As I sit and reflect on the actions of 1st Sgt Brad Kasal and all the warriors like him, I am driven to say we must go out of our way to hold them in the highest regard. They do not receive the recognition they deserve.Combat requires a commitment and resolve that many men will never muster. All who survive it and live to share the tale are worthy of the highest honor. Those who have never

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Defense Watch's writer, Nathaniel Helms, recently highlighted the story of a US Marine who may soon be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.U.S. Marine Corps First Sergeant Brad Kasal is an American hero. His story is a remarkable tale of bravery, sacrifice and savagery that adds another page to the great book of American military lore.During his three tours of duty in Iraq and Kuwait, Kasal

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Here is yet another example of how some folks in the USA (and the world) can't understand the warrior mentality. The following is an AP article entitled "Marine General Counseled Over Comments": Feb 4, 8:00 AM (ET) WASHINGTON (AP) - A Marine Corps general with battle awards is being counseled to watch his words more carefully after publicly observing that "it's fun to shoot some people." Lt.

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Iraqis can help stop this! Iraqi citizens can stop the terrorists and end this violence. The question is: Do you want to help stop the violence in Iraq? Let me ask you a few questions? - Are you unhappy with the way your life is going right now? - Is it dangerous to live and work in your neighborhood? - Do you want regular electricity in your home? - Do you want a good job? - Do you want to

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September 11th, 2001 In order to ensure terrorists don't pull off another 9/11 style attack in the United States, security planners must emplace sufficient countermeasures to ward off such a plan. In order to better understand what our Homeland Security officers do to protect us, citizens need to take a few minutes to think like a terrorist. The only way to understand how to protect something

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First to fight the War against Islamic Terrorists. I just heard a report on Fox News that discussed the health of the US Armed Forces. It cited an investigation that basically said the Reserve forces in all branches of our military are not able to train and prepare for future conflicts while they are participating in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Imagine that. I am amazed at the stupidity of some

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Iraqi-American Friendship in the USA To my Iraqi friends, May God's peace be upon you. I stayed in your country two separate times, and have been to Mosul, Irbil, Kirkuk, and Baghdad. I saw small villages and large cities. I looked at the ancient site of Ninevah in Mosul, and the shrine of Mary mother of Jesus in Irbil. I ate with Kurds, Sunnis, and Shias. I had a chance to talk to the people

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Iraq 2004 - Saddam's Palace Bathroom Sign Iraq's plumbing can't handle toilet paper, so we had to either put it in a bag or use the porta potties outside. When we got to Saddam's palace, we were amazed at how many bathrooms he had. Saddam had a thing for water. He had bathrooms around every corner - luxurious bathrooms ornamented with gold fixtures and marble floors. The funny thing to me was

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How do we stop the violence in Iraq? I recently returned from my second tour in Iraq and was shocked by how ignorant the American media seemed to be concerning the situation in Iraq. It seemed to me that the American media was more concerned about producing a slick, headline catching story than in capturing the truth. Truth is that the military is doing many more positive things in Iraq than

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